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change washington the nuclear program the civilian nuclear program is an excuse for washington to impose a sanctions it's not a reason and until they come to terms with. it can live on will never give up its rights. going to jump into your head hurt. ok we actually have a fire alarm here but i just want to jump in to say that this conversation is a little too slanted and biased it's it's both sides that need to compromise it's not just washington iran has a whole history of deceiving the international community about its nuclear program it's documented it's on record this isn't information that should be debated but i've been told now i have to leave the building so much if i were you are now you are being liars i think you have. i think you need to. for one thing brookings one knows that it's actually a pro israel think tank that does spew out these reports and there's inaccuracy is so i think that you need to come to terms with what is actually real and what is not and there is no there is absolutely not one iota of truth in what you just mentioned iran has always been transparent abou
change washington the nuclear program the civilian nuclear program is an excuse for washington to impose a sanctions it's not a reason and until they come to terms with. it can live on will never give up its rights. going to jump into your head hurt. ok we actually have a fire alarm here but i just want to jump in to say that this conversation is a little too slanted and biased it's it's both sides that need to compromise it's not just washington iran has a whole history of deceiving the...
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sixteen presidential race but now joining me from washington the five time candidate for president ralph nader we go back a hundred years he was a green bloody nominee in nineteen ninety six in two thousand and independent candidate in two thousand and four and two thousand and eight is the most recent book is told us so the big book of weekly columns and his next book is unstoppable the emerging left right alliance to dismantle the corporate state ralph first you actually see a left right alliance here we see it all the time now in washington it was government tour we saw it for example on the pacific trade agreement left right now saying we're not going to go for fastrack we saw it on the syria issue we saw it on the n.s.a. surveillance recently and you see it in a lot of other ways outside of congress where on issues like corporate welfare the military industrial complex a vampire the patriot acts saw on civil liberties and cracking down on wall street that's ripping up main street you see that i everywhere now and this book is coming out really takes it to a new level of possible rea
sixteen presidential race but now joining me from washington the five time candidate for president ralph nader we go back a hundred years he was a green bloody nominee in nineteen ninety six in two thousand and independent candidate in two thousand and four and two thousand and eight is the most recent book is told us so the big book of weekly columns and his next book is unstoppable the emerging left right alliance to dismantle the corporate state ralph first you actually see a left right...
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washington. and you know i just hope they have well mary if i can stay with you i mean again one of the peculiar things about all of this is that i can see how the status quo isn't satisfied for any actor in all of this but the status quo of what we have is better than a military conflict because once that 1st. bullet is fired then the fog of war is in play and then you really have unintended consequences you don't know what's going to happen again up to 14000 people in donbass were killed i mean having this kind of rhetoric right now there people are on edge very much on edge here earl if i can go to you now in washington i mean do you get the sense that certain skills kind of given up on the domestic reform thing i mean to keep themselves relevant you know and put on a uniform and talk tough and hope that your american friends will bail you out because the economy is in bad shape the cove it is been very very bad there the the. western basters in care of the made it explicitly clear that ukrain
washington. and you know i just hope they have well mary if i can stay with you i mean again one of the peculiar things about all of this is that i can see how the status quo isn't satisfied for any actor in all of this but the status quo of what we have is better than a military conflict because once that 1st. bullet is fired then the fog of war is in play and then you really have unintended consequences you don't know what's going to happen again up to 14000 people in donbass were killed i...
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supports in washington i'm going to check out. i know just a moment here on r.t.l. special report chelyabinsk skyfall. you know i always try to stay clear of falling into the trap of fake outrage on this program people love to come on t.v. and be angry over this and angry over that just to fill air time but trust me sing obama signing into law with that wacky lobster like way he has of writing the bill marked the month santo protection act well it does not put a smile on my face that's for sure not only does this bill effectively bar federal courts from being able to halt the sale or planting of g.m.o. seeds and crops no matter what the health concerns are according to ib times but the bill was also written by senator roy blunt who's gotten sixty four thousand dollars for his political campaign pain from the g o giant monsanto itself so that's what it costs to allow companies to possibly poison millions if not all americans with risky and proven g.m.o. technology sixty four thousand dollars that's not even enough to buy a decent h
supports in washington i'm going to check out. i know just a moment here on r.t.l. special report chelyabinsk skyfall. you know i always try to stay clear of falling into the trap of fake outrage on this program people love to come on t.v. and be angry over this and angry over that just to fill air time but trust me sing obama signing into law with that wacky lobster like way he has of writing the bill marked the month santo protection act well it does not put a smile on my face that's for sure...
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washington d.c. where buildings look more like fortresses than symbols of american freedom and prosperity and in your face security is just a way of life welcome to the new american reality. it's wednesday november ninth seven pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for sound watching our team. well after much anticipation and speculation the international atomic energy agency has released its latest report on iran's nuclear capabilities and it there's new information about the development of new technology relevant to the production of nuclear weapons could suggest perhaps iran may be working on developing nuclear weapons and this has been several years of gathering information intelligence from ten member states interviews and satellite imagery now some are reading this as evidence that many of the activities associated with a nuclear weapons program were supposed to stop in two thousand and three have in fact continued but officials in tehran continue to deny all of these charges going really or claim
washington d.c. where buildings look more like fortresses than symbols of american freedom and prosperity and in your face security is just a way of life welcome to the new american reality. it's wednesday november ninth seven pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for sound watching our team. well after much anticipation and speculation the international atomic energy agency has released its latest report on iran's nuclear capabilities and it there's new information about the development of new...
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in washington he's a senior fellow at the washington institute also in washington we have michael hughes he is a freelance journalist and foreign policy analyst and in toronto across the forward is id he's a political science professor at the university of toronto our gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it so i'm it's go to you first. do you believe a word that barack obama has to say given the last thirty years of bad relations between the two countries and i'm talking about covert overt operations up to this day. you know. the last ten years cannot be blamed on obama. i think he has a sponsible for his own presidency and he has been relatively a better president when it comes to iran when you compared him to others we have had occasions when the us congress wanted to pass new sanctions against iran and he has opposed those type of sanctions and in his speech at the un i think he had the couple of good points that was the first time we have heard that from a u.s. president for example he talked about president rouhani ha
in washington he's a senior fellow at the washington institute also in washington we have michael hughes he is a freelance journalist and foreign policy analyst and in toronto across the forward is id he's a political science professor at the university of toronto our gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it so i'm it's go to you first. do you believe a word that barack obama has to say given the last thirty years of bad relations...
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china tog south progressed about as much as those between washington and pyongyang . the biggest difference is that. both beijing and washington at the working level the there has to be a very substantial and very solid discussions almost on every detail of those deals including a lot of a controversial issues so i think that at least at the. level both sides are working even much more substantial in to reach a very substantial progress so in that regard i think that you know if there are some are still there some leave some room for the uncertainty but i think that it is a reason for the optimistic that the both sides would reach deal and finally so does having a deal and greed that trump can support mean that they american tariffs center out of more terrorists and that trade war actually worked and the president has forced beijing into backing out of this stand up standoff well if i understand a question correctly i think that the from the u.s. perspective they think that. the the biggest the incentive for both sides to come to the negotiation table is the tariff an
china tog south progressed about as much as those between washington and pyongyang . the biggest difference is that. both beijing and washington at the working level the there has to be a very substantial and very solid discussions almost on every detail of those deals including a lot of a controversial issues so i think that at least at the. level both sides are working even much more substantial in to reach a very substantial progress so in that regard i think that you know if there are some...
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given the accusation uh well floated by washington, that it was most cool. robin rush at the bottom, the very hearts of well, of the russian capital with an unmanned aerial vehicle, the ambassador to the united states, the russian ambassador to the united states. he was very adamant and his rhetoric saying that, well, that allegation is simply preposterous. the statements by washington's official representatives striking in their cynicism and up search and as well as for an average citizen, the punishment would be harsh and inevitable. now it's in its very 1st statement off to the incident. ah, the russians have said that well, that they reserve the right to respond, however, and when they see fit sofa, again, nothing on the ground. but there was a planned meeting between the russian president and russia. security council announced to take place in the very 1st week of may. now the very 1st week of may of course, runs out tomorrow because that's the, that's friday. that's the last to the final. what day of the week. so we might see that happen. and if that h
given the accusation uh well floated by washington, that it was most cool. robin rush at the bottom, the very hearts of well, of the russian capital with an unmanned aerial vehicle, the ambassador to the united states, the russian ambassador to the united states. he was very adamant and his rhetoric saying that, well, that allegation is simply preposterous. the statements by washington's official representatives striking in their cynicism and up search and as well as for an average citizen, the...
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we have joe he is a fellow at the arab center washington d.c. and in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator originally cross-talk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate joe lauria let me go to you first in washington i'm titling this program stumbling into war you know the more i think about that the events that are unfolding in front of us are so many different angles to look at how a possible conflict could come about what worries you the most in the wake of the decision to walk away from the nuclear deal with iran go ahead joe lauria in washington what worries me most true words john and bolton yes john bolton the national security adviser has been has been making speeches and writing articles for years about regime change in iran he backs this group which was on the terrorism list state department terrorism list he now is in the passenger seat with a very unsteady driver and netanyahu has one hand on the wheel netanyahu has been able to manipulate trump very easily
we have joe he is a fellow at the arab center washington d.c. and in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator originally cross-talk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate joe lauria let me go to you first in washington i'm titling this program stumbling into war you know the more i think about that the events that are unfolding in front of us are so many different angles to look at how a possible conflict could come...
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to cross-talk america's foreign entanglements i'm joined by my guest john glaser in washington he's a contributing editor at antiwar dot com and a columnist for the washington times community section in new york we have waxman he is an associate professor at the city university of new york and the co-director of the middle east center at northeastern university and in los angeles we have nick hancock he is on the national outreach team for the tenth amendment center all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it john if i go to you first you recently published an article the danger of entangling alliances and you ended by saying the fiction that every corner of the earth is a vital us interest and the consequent state of perennial fear together make unnecessary conflict more likely and that is the great danger of entangling alliances why did you write that what does it mean and why now well i wrote that with the fact in mind that we're coming. up on the hundredth anniversary of the first world war and as any first
to cross-talk america's foreign entanglements i'm joined by my guest john glaser in washington he's a contributing editor at antiwar dot com and a columnist for the washington times community section in new york we have waxman he is an associate professor at the city university of new york and the co-director of the middle east center at northeastern university and in los angeles we have nick hancock he is on the national outreach team for the tenth amendment center all right gentlemen...
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because our guest in washington was disagreeing. explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding think iowa. the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue and say kochadaiiyaan the dispute is another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states we wouldn't. align itself with japan ok minus let me go and get that to ok but the u.s. is involved then ok very much involved let's go to philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think the u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing off japan's fear of falling behind china or losing is primacy in asia and is al
because our guest in washington was disagreeing. explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding think iowa. the rebalancing towards the asia pacific is one issue and say kochadaiiyaan the dispute is another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military...
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he was schooled in washington at george washington university under one of latin america's top neo liberal economists one of his closest colleagues the founder of d.c. a pretty pretty meadow whose d.c. which is an allied party john was actually given a half million dollars by the right wing koch brothers through a think tank here in washington the cato institute and it was the milton friedman award we remember milton friedman being the economic advisor to a gusto pinochet so it's very clear what's happening here what the agenda is and for average venezuelans who at rates of over eighty percent oppose sanctions and oppose u.s. military intervention this crew that is surrounding why go and most of them actually exist outside venezuela are anathema because they have been responsible for so much violence in that country and so much destabilization. but again that's why washington is supporting them it's not about democracy it is not about human rights it's about oil and really briefly because we're running out of time from your point of view what makes one of so attractive such an attractive c
he was schooled in washington at george washington university under one of latin america's top neo liberal economists one of his closest colleagues the founder of d.c. a pretty pretty meadow whose d.c. which is an allied party john was actually given a half million dollars by the right wing koch brothers through a think tank here in washington the cato institute and it was the milton friedman award we remember milton friedman being the economic advisor to a gusto pinochet so it's very clear...
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their way both from moscow and from washington and from kiev if you've got a new administration in washington and for some there were hopes that maybe the the really miss the mistake can somehow relationship between now between trump and russia which promised so much in the in the early days that was completely thwarted. by washington that somehow they could be a turn for the better under by despite as as you point out as all the as all the appointments were announced you realize that what you were getting was you know as you put it as the sort of 2nd team from the obama administration and everything that joe biden said since he took office has been to adopt an official stance towards moscow which is even more hawkish than the current congressional starts to awards moscow under under trump and it's very hard to read it because it's so early in the administration for her to marry how serious and said words and words are important me that are all here you know it's a very important to them a dangerous yeah because president biden said that putin is a killer and he has no soul i mean this is par
their way both from moscow and from washington and from kiev if you've got a new administration in washington and for some there were hopes that maybe the the really miss the mistake can somehow relationship between now between trump and russia which promised so much in the in the early days that was completely thwarted. by washington that somehow they could be a turn for the better under by despite as as you point out as all the as all the appointments were announced you realize that what you...
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from a coveted seat on the united nations security council the saudis are furious over washington stance on syria approaches to iran and the failure to support a meaningful peace process on behalf of the palestinians the kingdom of saudi is going out on its own but where. to cross talk saudi arabia's foreign policy i'm joined by my guest in washington james carafano he is a vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at the heritage foundation also we have me he is founder and director of the center for democracy and human rights in saudi arabia and we cross to jim lobe he is the washington bureau chief for into press service and publisher of loeb blog dot com all right gentlemen close up rules of i mean you can jump in anytime you want jim if i go to you first in washington these words coming out of riyadh is that bluster i mean the united states and saudi arabia are attached at the hip and they have been for for decades it's just words coming out of riyadh well i don't think i have any particular insight into what what king abdullah is thinking and obviously he's kind of the s
from a coveted seat on the united nations security council the saudis are furious over washington stance on syria approaches to iran and the failure to support a meaningful peace process on behalf of the palestinians the kingdom of saudi is going out on its own but where. to cross talk saudi arabia's foreign policy i'm joined by my guest in washington james carafano he is a vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at the heritage foundation also we have me he is founder and director...
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washington's enemy is an enemy that doesn't exist we're fighting and in this law make enemy that washington believes is out to kill us because we have elections because we're free because we have women in the workplace is an ending that doesn't exist that didn't exist when bin laden was alive it doesn't exist now america is being attacked because of its foreign policy in the muslim world because of its support for israel because of its support for the saudi police state because of its presence on the arab peninsula and until we accept that until americans can say to each other whether you support aid to israel or not our relationship with israel is causing this war we are not going to be able to to defeat this enemy and israel itself as a country is not the problem the real problem marge is the leaders of the jewish american community in the united states who influence and corrupt our congress to support israel when we have no interests there and the the american political establishment is caught between two things they're extremely puk pro israel and they're almost marxist in their belief
washington's enemy is an enemy that doesn't exist we're fighting and in this law make enemy that washington believes is out to kill us because we have elections because we're free because we have women in the workplace is an ending that doesn't exist that didn't exist when bin laden was alive it doesn't exist now america is being attacked because of its foreign policy in the muslim world because of its support for israel because of its support for the saudi police state because of its presence...
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rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want ray if i go to you in washington we have the u.s. defense secretary saying the islamic state threat beyond anything we've seen is it really of this magnitude here because we've heard this before about other groups and the march toward go ahead ray in washington. well we have a history of doing that i mean the government as we saw that pre two thousand and three with saddam hussein in iraq saying he had weapons of mass destruction he didn't we invaded anyway and now all of the rest of the world wonders about our credibility however we had an attack on nine eleven thirteen years ago that killed more than three thousand people and nobody wants to be the person in charge in the government who turns a blind eye to something like that rules out a potential threat and then comes to regret it later so certainly politically the pressure is on to always take these things seriously and then if they turn out not to be so bad to dial it back this may not be a case where we can dial it back if we keep stepping up the military action ok th
rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want ray if i go to you in washington we have the u.s. defense secretary saying the islamic state threat beyond anything we've seen is it really of this magnitude here because we've heard this before about other groups and the march toward go ahead ray in washington. well we have a history of doing that i mean the government as we saw that pre two thousand and three with saddam hussein in iraq saying he had weapons of mass destruction he...
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think you don't like me and i can stand asia versus michael in washington. you know i think that i think it's to the pakistani interest to try to bring a little stability to the region after all they regard afghanistan as their historical area of influence and so i think it's going to be to their their betterment and to to to work with china with whom they have very close relations by the way to try and bring some kind of stability to afghanistan it may not be the picture that the united states likes but it's going to be something that the regional powers can live with alternately go ahead. i think that the outcome in afghanistan is also important for stability of pakistan if the taliban count's back to afghanistan and topple the kabul regime i think that's what also boussac meant to be although i saw it in your article as they. are there they don't come back there are there the taliban in pakistan and afghanistan and afghanistan. the taliban are geographically constrained just to parts of eastern and southern afghanistan flowing out of. the can very real th
think you don't like me and i can stand asia versus michael in washington. you know i think that i think it's to the pakistani interest to try to bring a little stability to the region after all they regard afghanistan as their historical area of influence and so i think it's going to be to their their betterment and to to to work with china with whom they have very close relations by the way to try and bring some kind of stability to afghanistan it may not be the picture that the united states...
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while world leaders have expressed deep shock at events in washington d.c. condemning the violence with some branding the scenes a disgrace to democracy. you're hearing right now from european countries who are looking at this nation as if it was some banana republic. very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. 4 people have died amid clashes that erupted when donald trump's supporters stormed congress as it debated certifying 'd joe biden's victory they gathered in washington for a last ditch stop the steel rally in support of the defeated president and. saw events unfold on capitol hill. well the atmosphere out here is absolutely incredible right now as you can see president trump is speaking addressing a huge crowd which is over by the white house but we're all backed up all the way to the washington monument. we know that people were storming into the capitol we know that tear gas was fired and we also know that rubber bullets were fired but i was just showing video a minute ago it from inside the capitol of a young woman o
while world leaders have expressed deep shock at events in washington d.c. condemning the violence with some branding the scenes a disgrace to democracy. you're hearing right now from european countries who are looking at this nation as if it was some banana republic. very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. 4 people have died amid clashes that erupted when donald trump's supporters stormed congress as it debated certifying 'd joe biden's victory they gathered...
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cross talking north korea i'm joined by my guest so rep gupta in washington he's a senior fellow at the institute for china america studies also in washington we have brian becker he is director of the answer coalition as well as host of loud and clear a daily new show on radio sputnik and in medford we crossed through so normally he is a professor of korean studies at the fletcher school at tufts university in boston right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate sort of if i go to you first in washington this of course we have twenty four seven wall to wall coverage of this story coming out of north korea but i'd like to take a step back how much of this is actually a real crisis or is it just internal politicking in the two capitals in north korea and in the united states in washington if there's really strong domestic politics undercurrent for both countries go ahead. there is a serious sense of crisis at this point of time but also there is an element of it being manufactured to it's manufactured in the sense that in perl
cross talking north korea i'm joined by my guest so rep gupta in washington he's a senior fellow at the institute for china america studies also in washington we have brian becker he is director of the answer coalition as well as host of loud and clear a daily new show on radio sputnik and in medford we crossed through so normally he is a professor of korean studies at the fletcher school at tufts university in boston right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime...
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especially this trip administration believes that venezuela is a wholly owned subsidiary of washington and then it again a sense of eighty per phone messages are very strong message and i think washington is very worried about the symbolism of these russian advisors are writing in venezuela more than the out about what size the forces or capability. meanwhile venezuela's opposition leader has announced the first a actions of the new opposition plan to oust president nicolas maduro will start on the sixth of april however while gordo did not specify what the actions would entailed his words come in the wake of a second major power outage in the country the venezuelan government thinks it knows who is behind the blackout with the country's vice president naming the u.s. secretary of state my pump a national security advisor john bolton and republican senator marco rubio or. a trio of misfortune perversity and criminality. on monday such then much of venezuela remain without electricity just two weeks after a similar blackout local media claimed that up to sixteen to twenty three states w
especially this trip administration believes that venezuela is a wholly owned subsidiary of washington and then it again a sense of eighty per phone messages are very strong message and i think washington is very worried about the symbolism of these russian advisors are writing in venezuela more than the out about what size the forces or capability. meanwhile venezuela's opposition leader has announced the first a actions of the new opposition plan to oust president nicolas maduro will start on...
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both i mean kids and washington, the advisor to zalinski presidents, alaska. first on wednesday he said that that was basically the work of some 3rd party of some other roll group that was acting independently from kids, but definitely sympathize to the ukrainian forces out there on the ground in the done by some of the rest of the front line, but then today he woke up to a different version. he said that that was a full flag attack mazda minded by russia itself. and when it comes to washington, they have been talking that talking points have been more or less the same lines. and they have been equally inconsistent. given the 2 different officials from different departments. they came up with the difference again, versions of events and interpretations as to what happened and where that's militarized. you a v came from a senior agent, the last the call, the position for russia assigned the company was finding a mission. you know, you don't want to spend on the guitar. does any signs to believe that the russians are finding a new major any, any you'd be telling
both i mean kids and washington, the advisor to zalinski presidents, alaska. first on wednesday he said that that was basically the work of some 3rd party of some other roll group that was acting independently from kids, but definitely sympathize to the ukrainian forces out there on the ground in the done by some of the rest of the front line, but then today he woke up to a different version. he said that that was a full flag attack mazda minded by russia itself. and when it comes to...
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anything it's friday july twenty ninth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy capping off and watching our t.v. . well the race against the clock kicked into high gear at the eleventh hour here in washington earlier this evening house republicans finally passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling of course to cut twenty two billion dollars from next year's spending but it was largely a symbolic gesture in fact boehner might as well have added a pony to his bill he's not getting that either that's because legislation now has the senate with it where it is pretty much guaranteed to be voted down possibly as early as this evening and then of course it is back to square one and the senate majority leader will try to kick start the process of moving to a final vote on a new plan and while negotiations will continue behind closed doors for now the partisan debate rages on as of course there's the clock right there behind me now when it comes to america's prized triple rate pardon me it may already actually be too late that's not according to me that's according
anything it's friday july twenty ninth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy capping off and watching our t.v. . well the race against the clock kicked into high gear at the eleventh hour here in washington earlier this evening house republicans finally passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling of course to cut twenty two billion dollars from next year's spending but it was largely a symbolic gesture in fact boehner might as well have added a pony to his bill he's not getting that either...
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well also among the uprisings washington was the revolution in egypt where the muslim brotherhood is now threatening not a new mosque since of parliamentary elections. and more on what's ahead for egypt that's cost lives is the model he's a former israeli ambassador to the country and many passage warning us here on mr mansell the muslim brotherhood is considered a terrorist organization by many countries are kind of forced do you think they represent in egypt. well unfortunately that represent a very important force in egypt. became illegal after the revolution in egypt even founded a political party is justice and liberty something like these and they are considered the most important force because in the last thirty years. under set up they were released from. prison and they could operate at least on the on the social level they created the collected money you draw you know america especially when you look at it and we. found it was people to schools and the head people to leave and to to fight poverty so now that they've become legal and after. a very very important political in
well also among the uprisings washington was the revolution in egypt where the muslim brotherhood is now threatening not a new mosque since of parliamentary elections. and more on what's ahead for egypt that's cost lives is the model he's a former israeli ambassador to the country and many passage warning us here on mr mansell the muslim brotherhood is considered a terrorist organization by many countries are kind of forced do you think they represent in egypt. well unfortunately that represent...
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of course, when it comes to the a to washington, washington is a beneficiary of the any war. so the united states is reluctant to see that war coming to one end as the end of this war, me is the end of the united states. money making process, china as a close ally of saudi arabia and a close and effective buyer of iran's oil and iran is number one. economic and trade partner has held the 2 sides, come together, bury the hatchet after after 7 years of frosty relations it wrongs message of a new method lease comes amid. the latest developments in the push the piece in yemen and saudi arabia has released more than 100 heavy weather prisoners of war. the red cross says that, well, the exchange is a positive sign. many more families in yemen are still waiting to hear from their loved ones emotions. i would describe it, overwhelming joy. it has been amazing to witness this beautiful moment. i saw a feminine hanging each other friends kissing each other on the forehead. children seeing their budget sometimes for the 1st time and the local hears, the multitude of joy, it's a, it's, i
of course, when it comes to the a to washington, washington is a beneficiary of the any war. so the united states is reluctant to see that war coming to one end as the end of this war, me is the end of the united states. money making process, china as a close ally of saudi arabia and a close and effective buyer of iran's oil and iran is number one. economic and trade partner has held the 2 sides, come together, bury the hatchet after after 7 years of frosty relations it wrongs message of a new...
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well there's a big struggle everybody knows about it going on in washington over trump's policy toward russia. it would seem and this has been the case i think you and i talked back then when he was a candidate that he said he wanted to cooperate with russia we used to call that detente and that's been pretty much his policy overall policy since he became president but he's also done contradictory things and the question is are these contradictory things the result of his own inability to be a consistent leader or are people in washington preventing him from doing what he wants to do with russia that's the big question at the moment what do you think is it him is it is it he's like a mask of. portraying himself as someone who appreciates put in but then you know behind the doors he does whatever he does or is it really he's helpless and he has to do what that ministration tells them to do. i guess i've been following for soviet in a russian american relations for nearly forty years i don't put a lot of weight or importance on whether the two leaders like each other or not the real ques
well there's a big struggle everybody knows about it going on in washington over trump's policy toward russia. it would seem and this has been the case i think you and i talked back then when he was a candidate that he said he wanted to cooperate with russia we used to call that detente and that's been pretty much his policy overall policy since he became president but he's also done contradictory things and the question is are these contradictory things the result of his own inability to be a...
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plans to finally leave this year the sad reality for all involved it's the fact that washington may never be able to leap. to cross-talk iraqi afghan legacies i'm joined by my guest richard murphy in new york he is the former u.s. career ambassador to syria and currently an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute also in new york we have don de bar he is an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program and in washington we cross to peter van buren he is a veteran of the u.s. state department who served in iraq and he's also author of we meant well how i helped lose the battle for the hearts and minds of the iraqi people gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it peter if i go to you first in washington the blame game is raging again who lost iraq who lost afghanistan mr gates is a. memoir of his time in office is really getting a lot of people upset and probably rightfully so from a if you're in the white house and we have to look at what's going on in iraq now what obligation does the united states have t
plans to finally leave this year the sad reality for all involved it's the fact that washington may never be able to leap. to cross-talk iraqi afghan legacies i'm joined by my guest richard murphy in new york he is the former u.s. career ambassador to syria and currently an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute also in new york we have don de bar he is an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program and in washington we cross to peter van buren he is a veteran of the u.s. state...
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are conflicting reactions coming out of washington so if you read very carefully the washington post article in which was quoted down there it's return flight. what do you actually think worth being nuclearization have to be and this sort of work because it taken this whole step could be nuclear if they think the us is open to talks preliminary talks during which of course you were out of there and the actual negotiations great great no greater than the one moment but go ahead go ahead go ahead mark just one more the precondition for negotiations is for north korea to spend. with other words give the united states what it wants privately. and even to begin ok well that's just great brian i mean the north koreans saw what happened to libya they saw what happened in iraq i mean why in the in a lot of people have speculated that's why they have gone down the nucular road ok i mean why in the world with the north koreans give up this program and expose themselves when they're being threatened with a bloody nose you know seven ways to sunday i mean the it's absurd what's coming out of was
are conflicting reactions coming out of washington so if you read very carefully the washington post article in which was quoted down there it's return flight. what do you actually think worth being nuclearization have to be and this sort of work because it taken this whole step could be nuclear if they think the us is open to talks preliminary talks during which of course you were out of there and the actual negotiations great great no greater than the one moment but go ahead go ahead go ahead...
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exclusion from nato other a lot of empty threats coming from washington because of course donald trump has been clear that he does not want chancellor merkel to go ahead with the nord stream to energy gas project saying why is germany having a deal with russia at all the u.s. administration is very unpleasant with a number of developments in the world and that's not only turkey. the indian or the chinese desire to acquire the russian c. four hundred it has also to do with the decision of germany to go on with the construction of the north stream to pipeline and we have heard for the last half a year that the united states may adopt sanctions against the german companies that are taking part in the the construction of this pipeline such sanctions can be adopted and i saying that there are some people who want in washington who would like to teach germany and the other europeans a lesson in this respect but first my feeling is that the united states will punish . themselves even more than they will punish the europeans because when a military and political ally adopts sanctions against h
exclusion from nato other a lot of empty threats coming from washington because of course donald trump has been clear that he does not want chancellor merkel to go ahead with the nord stream to energy gas project saying why is germany having a deal with russia at all the u.s. administration is very unpleasant with a number of developments in the world and that's not only turkey. the indian or the chinese desire to acquire the russian c. four hundred it has also to do with the decision of...
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cross-talk the neocon agenda i'm joined by my guest robert perry in washington he is an investigative reporter for the a.p. and newsweek who now edits the online news site consortium news dot com also in washington we have jim lobe he is the washington bureau chief for intra press service and director of a blog on us middle east policy called low blog dot com and in champaign we crossed in francis boyle he is a professor of international law at the university of illinois college of law and gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it robert to go to you first in washington you wrote an article recently obama's true foreign policy weakness what is that weakness. well president obama has been willing to fall into the control under the control pretty much of the neo conservatives and some of their liberal interventionists friends he has instead of asserting more as a real break from the george w. bush policies he has he has adopted them he has avoided perhaps some of the more extreme problems but in many ways he has not cha
cross-talk the neocon agenda i'm joined by my guest robert perry in washington he is an investigative reporter for the a.p. and newsweek who now edits the online news site consortium news dot com also in washington we have jim lobe he is the washington bureau chief for intra press service and director of a blog on us middle east policy called low blog dot com and in champaign we crossed in francis boyle he is a professor of international law at the university of illinois college of law and...
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it will just show that washington is lacking pose also that the united states will think twice about doing it does not guarantee the united states that the stream too will be stopped because eventually an austrian two will be or may be constructed just by russia even without the participation of the european companies and so it will enter into force in two thousand and twenty i think that the chances are extremely high so my feeling is that having exhausted all the options of trying to influence politically germany on this issue the trump administration now is lost. in choosing to the construction of this pipeline because they said that it does not correspond to american interests ok and now what do they do to stop it. seems they have been doing until today did not bring the necessary result so how far will they go and will they go in that direction at all because as i say it will bring more harm to american interests in europe then positive sides so i think that it's a tricky game for the united states and once again i see that washington is making a lot of threats that he is not ca
it will just show that washington is lacking pose also that the united states will think twice about doing it does not guarantee the united states that the stream too will be stopped because eventually an austrian two will be or may be constructed just by russia even without the participation of the european companies and so it will enter into force in two thousand and twenty i think that the chances are extremely high so my feeling is that having exhausted all the options of trying to...
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s mission in washington d.c. and also popped into its computer system to be able to access e-mails and other internal documents the e.u. delegation at the united nations was reportedly subject to similar surveillance citing classified documents leaked by n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden the weekly says that france italy and greece are among the thirty eight u.s. surveillance targets now while the news has blindsided and shocked many european leaders u.s. president barack obama has downplayed the surveillance story saying that it's basically political protocol between friends they're going to be trying to understand the world better and what's going on in world capitals around the world . from sources that aren't available through the new york times or n.b.c. news. that they are seeking additional insight beyond what's available through open sources. and. if that weren't the case then there'd be no use for an intelligence service. and i guarantee you that in european capitals there are people who are interested
s mission in washington d.c. and also popped into its computer system to be able to access e-mails and other internal documents the e.u. delegation at the united nations was reportedly subject to similar surveillance citing classified documents leaked by n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden the weekly says that france italy and greece are among the thirty eight u.s. surveillance targets now while the news has blindsided and shocked many european leaders u.s. president barack obama has downplayed...
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well the same self islands witnessed in washington d.c. smack of much that's been seeing throughout 2020 despite the pandemic the ables month by large aggressive price hesse that hawkins takes in the back. 2020 has been the most surreal relentless and chaotic year in modern memory but despite social distancing law the town's masks and curfews and global discontent still spilled out onto the streets that's right not even the strictest rules of stop protests which are actually growing in numbers compared to last year so which ones will go down in the history books what did they achieve and what's next. george freud suffocated after minneapolis police officers knee was placed on his neck for 9 minutes months of us protests ensued racial tensions and riots in america nothing new but this movement is different previously limited in scale and geography these involved millions of people of all creeds and ethnicities in all corners of the united states not to mention dozens of other countries around the world. that. i believe. aside from some symb
well the same self islands witnessed in washington d.c. smack of much that's been seeing throughout 2020 despite the pandemic the ables month by large aggressive price hesse that hawkins takes in the back. 2020 has been the most surreal relentless and chaotic year in modern memory but despite social distancing law the town's masks and curfews and global discontent still spilled out onto the streets that's right not even the strictest rules of stop protests which are actually growing in numbers...
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can you even imagine washington without the neocons running u. s. foreign policy, this crowd of war hawks who believe in spreading freedom by toppling governments has had the upper hand for decades. this school of foreign policy hardliners has roots in the late cold war, the soviet tallahassee. academics who are obsessed with bringing down russia in the ninety's they took aim at iraq, the only acceptable strategies, one that eliminates the possibility that a rock will be able to use or threatened to use weapons of mass destruction in the near term. this means a willingness to undertake military action as diplomacy is clearly failing in the long term, it means removing saddam hussein and his regime from power. they waited for the right moment after 911 george w bush was ready to play ball with them. a rock was destroyed for the sake of democracy, is the policy of the united states to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world. ah, we can all
can you even imagine washington without the neocons running u. s. foreign policy, this crowd of war hawks who believe in spreading freedom by toppling governments has had the upper hand for decades. this school of foreign policy hardliners has roots in the late cold war, the soviet tallahassee. academics who are obsessed with bringing down russia in the ninety's they took aim at iraq, the only acceptable strategies, one that eliminates the possibility that a rock will be able to use or...
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if i go back to washington here what about aid from washington and let's talk about the aid that egypt is getting now from gulf countries particularly saudi arabia the now the one to end cairo has a as a comfort zone because if washington wants to play politics and i think all three was would be washington's then a very did horrible job in dealing with the situation in egypt but you know the egyptians can leadership can just turn to saudi arabia for a blank check i mean and that's pretty nice for the military. well let's take it step by step pete first i don't really think that the u.s. has any. effects whatsoever in whatever goes on in egypt after the twenty fifth of january it's the egyptian people who are deciding so unlike what people in the opposition may claim that the u.s. is backing morsi you know we used to hear liberals saying that when was he was in power and now we hear people from from the muslim brotherhood claiming that the u.s. is backing in c.c.m. backing the military i honestly believe that the u.s. . did not. support any president after mubarak or any egyptian leader
if i go back to washington here what about aid from washington and let's talk about the aid that egypt is getting now from gulf countries particularly saudi arabia the now the one to end cairo has a as a comfort zone because if washington wants to play politics and i think all three was would be washington's then a very did horrible job in dealing with the situation in egypt but you know the egyptians can leadership can just turn to saudi arabia for a blank check i mean and that's pretty nice...
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because our guest in washington was disagreeing. explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding think islands the u.s. pivot the rebalancing towards the asia pacific as one issue and say could die you dispute as another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of military action or react in some way the u.s. japan alliance kicks in and then the united states which would. align itself with japan ok minus let me go get a that ok but the u.s. is involved in ok very much involved in let's go to philadelphia what do you think here we got to the pivot real early in this program i'm glad go ahead lynn go ahead well i would respectfully disagree with that assessment because i think u.s. is really behind this dispute the u.s. is playing off japan's fear of falling behind china or losing is primacy in asia and
because our guest in washington was disagreeing. explain this has nothing to this has nothing to do with the united states the united states has made loud and clear that it really wants to take a neutral position regarding think islands the u.s. pivot the rebalancing towards the asia pacific as one issue and say could die you dispute as another what the united states has declared is that whilst they are a neutral party in these in these tense disputes if japan feels obliged to take some kind of...
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washington is demanding. the country returns to the pac name, the joint comprehensive plan of action, which the us itself quit under president trump. we have imposed sanctions on entities trading in iranian petroleum and petro chemicals. we will keep using our authorities to target wrong exports of these products until iran is ready to return to full implementation of its commitments under a mutual return to the jcp away. american studies professor at the university of iran food is the believe, the idea of sanctioning around for a deal about the u. s. as we mentioned, quit itself signifies the current chaos amid washington's political it you know, the united states has an eviction on sanction. and they have been sanctioning iraq and for the last for the years. so you don't, hasn't been surviving. and there's sanctions prospering under sanctions, ad man says in sciences and in different fields of providing services of the people here are quite extensive. and sooner or later, as the american official realize th
washington is demanding. the country returns to the pac name, the joint comprehensive plan of action, which the us itself quit under president trump. we have imposed sanctions on entities trading in iranian petroleum and petro chemicals. we will keep using our authorities to target wrong exports of these products until iran is ready to return to full implementation of its commitments under a mutual return to the jcp away. american studies professor at the university of iran food is the believe,...
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we want to buy our planes from washington. so it's unfortunate that you know, you can just simply say, yeah, this is, this is really stupid or bond says the same thing, but the transit when the gravy train is just the inexorable. yeah, the, that's exactly what it is. and now it's under what's, what's most dangerous here is that one of the things that we learned from the cold war, one of the things you should not do during the cold war is go toe to toe with a peer power. you don't do that, you could have the, you know, you can have afghanistan, you can a fighting in africa, but you don't go toe to toe. and this is a, a break. and i think maybe it has something to do with, you know, we have a empty president, we have an empty suit for president because a lot of friends say, yeah, i know what you guys want to do, but it's my presidency is my legacy and i'm not going to go down, i'm not going to be on the prop down the empire here. there's no breaking these people right now. and so having nato going against russia toe to toe, one'
we want to buy our planes from washington. so it's unfortunate that you know, you can just simply say, yeah, this is, this is really stupid or bond says the same thing, but the transit when the gravy train is just the inexorable. yeah, the, that's exactly what it is. and now it's under what's, what's most dangerous here is that one of the things that we learned from the cold war, one of the things you should not do during the cold war is go toe to toe with a peer power. you don't do that, you...
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but ultimately, i think it's very much up to washington to endorse the ukrainian cycle. i'm starting the process that's done being very abrupt and then they're not. and the straightforward on absolutely. you know, she cannot keep fighting for one day. if washing that doesn't wants to support it or at least to support a continue fight like it can continue fighting, but they can always, you know, say that we don't want to fight anymore with or without the weapons. do you think there is enough leverage for trying name keith to try to persuade them to disagree with the statement? i think you know, you're not think washington? well, it's tremendous thing from san keith. um, so whether to fighting or stop fighting on washing, that's a big say. oh, i truly believe that the washing has a big se. uh at this point. um, i think a washer. it's a still wants to to fight. but doesn't mean the american policies is always as new selection is going on and we're starting to see and increasing the launch voice from washington, especially on the g o p side, talking about a piece solution, r
but ultimately, i think it's very much up to washington to endorse the ukrainian cycle. i'm starting the process that's done being very abrupt and then they're not. and the straightforward on absolutely. you know, she cannot keep fighting for one day. if washing that doesn't wants to support it or at least to support a continue fight like it can continue fighting, but they can always, you know, say that we don't want to fight anymore with or without the weapons. do you think there is enough...
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be pursued go ahead in washington. i would totally agree with you i think it's so well thought out proposal and frankly china had always been very reticent very hesitant to be too to lay out its proposals it wanted it would it was comfortable playing the role of can we know of a facilitator but no more than that but it is realizing the situation is moving so fast towards a crisis that you need to prove put put material on the table which parties can work off now i understand the u.s. and south korean and there's something not terribly fair that that that that kim jong un is under so many is so many international sanctions and should not be doing these testing doing these territory first place which are illegal fair fair fair enough and so perhaps it's not a for a freeze for free story but it can definitely be a freeze on the north korean side for a downgrading of military exercises this has been done before it can be done in different formats for example the oldest exercises which we had were itself command post exerci
be pursued go ahead in washington. i would totally agree with you i think it's so well thought out proposal and frankly china had always been very reticent very hesitant to be too to lay out its proposals it wanted it would it was comfortable playing the role of can we know of a facilitator but no more than that but it is realizing the situation is moving so fast towards a crisis that you need to prove put put material on the table which parties can work off now i understand the u.s. and south...
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ok let's go back to brian in washington. i think the real problem here is i was a trained historian and i love history and i still do it to study history to this day the big problem we face here in understanding and dealing with grappling with the multipolar world which we do have in respect of the denial of the blob and the media is that it's american exceptionalism is the biggest problem here because american exceptionalism automatically delegitimizes any kind of challenge ok i'll keep it very neutral ok because if you look at great britain i mean at one point it covered one 4th of the world's population and land ok and it for the most part gracefully more more or less relinquish that because it was in its interests to do that but it didn't have this exceptionalism in the way it does in the united states is that that's really the biggest barrier it's more of a psychological barrier and that's because of exceptionalism they're blinded to geo political facts and i want to talk about actually a multipolar world is best for ev
ok let's go back to brian in washington. i think the real problem here is i was a trained historian and i love history and i still do it to study history to this day the big problem we face here in understanding and dealing with grappling with the multipolar world which we do have in respect of the denial of the blob and the media is that it's american exceptionalism is the biggest problem here because american exceptionalism automatically delegitimizes any kind of challenge ok i'll keep it...
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washington is demanding. the country returns to the 2015 nuclear deal name, the joint comprehensive plan of action, which the u. s. itself quit. under president trump. we have imposed sanctions on entities trading in iranian petroleum and petro chemicals. we will keep using our authorities to target wrongs exports of these products until iran is ready to return to full implementation of its commitments under a mutual return to the jcp away. 2005 joint nobel peace prize winner dr. usury bu. shoddy believes the idea of the u. s. strong arming around, back into the very deal about washington ditch 1st was simply not work. actually steal the u. s. sync in its own way. in from one side. actually, it is 2 sides. you cannot force iran to back to z and agreement. why you are still continue to increase the sanctions. and which was not iran who withdraw from agreement. g, it was you like to state actually is be jet. so j not just did equal come eyes that iran sanctions will not work. and it is already too late. and you
washington is demanding. the country returns to the 2015 nuclear deal name, the joint comprehensive plan of action, which the u. s. itself quit. under president trump. we have imposed sanctions on entities trading in iranian petroleum and petro chemicals. we will keep using our authorities to target wrongs exports of these products until iran is ready to return to full implementation of its commitments under a mutual return to the jcp away. 2005 joint nobel peace prize winner dr. usury bu....
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bush's administration she told me she thinks washington changed too. it's hard to see how they're they can meet in the middle of the two key issues for the islamic republic of iran that i think are ensconced in international law or that the united states recognize its sovereign right and its treaty right to enrich uranium that's something that the united states has shown no evidence it is willing or able to do with the the obama administration and congress the other piece that it's critically important for the islamic republic is for the united states to ease and lift at least some of its sanctions that it has imposed on the islamic republic and forced or tried to course countries from around the world to impose on the islamic republic of iran that too will be very very difficult for president obama to leverage because many most nearly i think sixty sixty five percent of the sanctions imposed on iran are now are now legislated are now in u.s. law president obama simply does not have the power to lift those sanctions without the acquiescence of congress
bush's administration she told me she thinks washington changed too. it's hard to see how they're they can meet in the middle of the two key issues for the islamic republic of iran that i think are ensconced in international law or that the united states recognize its sovereign right and its treaty right to enrich uranium that's something that the united states has shown no evidence it is willing or able to do with the the obama administration and congress the other piece that it's critically...
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washington was furious and threatened consequences. there's going to be some consequences for what they've done with russia. i'm not going to get into what i consider and what i am have in mind, but there will be, there will be consequences. we are publicly refrain from commenting at the time, but in private and as a classified documents obtained by the washington post chose to solve the problem. praise made stress and return to ride all the us crown prince mohammed been so mon, threatening to fundamentally alter the decades old us saudi relationship and impose significant economic costs on the united states. if it retaliated against the oil cuts, the crown prince claims, he will not deal with the us administration anymore. the document says promising major economic consequences for washington, the us learn the less and then changed its approach. in the past months to high level american officials, travel to saudi arabia and to fix what had been broken, it didn't go smoothly. the secretary of state's arrival coincided with the reopenin
washington was furious and threatened consequences. there's going to be some consequences for what they've done with russia. i'm not going to get into what i consider and what i am have in mind, but there will be, there will be consequences. we are publicly refrain from commenting at the time, but in private and as a classified documents obtained by the washington post chose to solve the problem. praise made stress and return to ride all the us crown prince mohammed been so mon, threatening to...
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washington d.c. correspondent joins me on the line there just listening to this seems like they defense secretary going on the offensive in terms of rhetoric how much does this raise the stakes. yes that's actually kind of an unexpected and drastic change in tone coming from modest there who is really starting to sound more like trump now he did add that america is not seeking the annihilation of north korea but it's highly unlikely that those comments will be of any comfort to anyone in north korea given how quickly his stance changed from there's always the possibility of a diplomatic solution to we don't want to kill you but we certainly can if need be now these statements are made even more ominous given of comments made by president trump before he met with madison the other generals let's take a quick listen because we were real. earlier on sunday trump did tweet that all options are being considered when it comes to north korea but it is clear that the military option seems to be becoming the
washington d.c. correspondent joins me on the line there just listening to this seems like they defense secretary going on the offensive in terms of rhetoric how much does this raise the stakes. yes that's actually kind of an unexpected and drastic change in tone coming from modest there who is really starting to sound more like trump now he did add that america is not seeking the annihilation of north korea but it's highly unlikely that those comments will be of any comfort to anyone in north...